Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-02

relling with the old man, cursing and
threatening him.
II was looked for; my haste IN leaving
/ and refusal to tell Why my every ac-
/ ton convinced all of my guilt I was
| traced to New York, to the ship in
which I sailed, but in those days there
/ was no way of telegraphing ahead to
/ stop me There was a Ben Martin also
/ IN the crew. and he died Of tremens on
the second DAY ont. Tins found It's way
into the papers and the people inter
| ested concluded that Martin was a mis-
/ take for Marlin, and I was gone.
Well, was in a pretty bad fix; but
1 sends for a lawyer and gives him five
hundred out of my pile. He was a
mighty white chap-even If he was
lawyer. I'd been Overhauling my
memory and gave him some points.
/ he went to work on 'em with a will.
The day Of the trial came, and it
/ was big day in that town. Peter Car
/ ter swOrs dead against me how I
| cursed and threatened the old man {:
| how I had big stick in my hand, after
wards found, all bloody, in the bed
room how I had been seen lettering
around the house afterwards. He be-
/ heved, felt sure, that 1 was the muir
| derer.
"His friend a stupid lout, swore that
Peter slept with him the night of the
/ killing. He couldn't tell what time
/ Peter went away, for he slept until the
| boss kicked him up.
Jean, prettier than ever, reluctantly
| testified that 1 had returned curse for
| curse with old Bazine, but not as bad
| as Peter Carter stated, and that I had
I made no threats except that 1 would
take the wind out of his sails yet
"Other witnesses Of little things
| helped make the case look black for
me.
MY lawyer asked that I might tell
my own story. I was put on the stand.
/ All listened. and Peter Carter sat down
IN front of me, with a sneer on his thick,
ugly lips.
II told my story thus;
On the evening 1 had the words
/ with old AIOnseer Bazine I had big
stick in my hand, the one shown here
| to-day. / did lOiter about the house,
not very near, for an hour or more
after leaving the door step. hoped
| to see Jean I started in desperation,
/ at last, to knock again at the door.
/ When 1 reached the fence 1 thought
| what fool I was and stopped. The
/ dog came at me, threw my club at
/ him, then walked away and went to
my home. I didn't sleep much, and
/ early next morning I went to a point
/ on High Rocks, with my fathers spy
| glass and Law there looking for Jean to
come out to milk the COWS. I wanted
/ to 90 and make up. I could see all
/ the BaZine farm and the lake from
1 where 1 was, being 50 high, and the
| spy-glass made things pretty clear to
me. / didn't see Jean, but did see
/ some things that Thought nothing of
I then, but can understand now
90 If what YOU saw has anything to do
| with this case, you can state it, said
/ the Judge.
81 turned my eyes full on Peter
/ Carter as he sat facing me. His brown
/ face was dirty white, his hands trem-
| bledi there was no sheer on his lips
now. He tried hard to face me, and
couldn't.
'As lay on that rock, said I, with
my eye to the glass, about a quarter
after 5 o'clock that morning, 1 saw
Peter Carter coming ND the road from
Miller Davis house. When he reached
his uncle's he opened a window in the
side and jumped in. In about five min
utes he came out Of the door, looked
around, picked up a stick, which must
have been the one 1 threw over and
saw again to-day. He stood with it.
/ netting IL for a little time, then went
into the house. 1t was full twenty
minutes, / guess, before I see him come
out with a big bag or bundle on his
! back, and this he carried down to Ba-
zines boat in the lake, that was tied to
a tree. He put this load in the boat,
went back into the house and came out
with another sack or bundle and carried
it likewise to the boat; then he got in,
stood mp and scullel the boat into the
middle of the lake where he flung the
load overheard Then he came back,
went into the house, and in ten min
utes or 50 was out again with third or
smaller bundle. He laid this down
near the fence, went OF and got a
spade, dug like fury until he made a
| hole, and in it hid the bag. Then he
/ filed in the dirt, tramped it down, and
| seemed to scatter rubbish over it. By
/ this time 1 had concluded Jean was not
/ about. / had heard so much of Bazine's
/ queer ways of doing that thought lit
tie or nothing Of Carriers actions
" i have told the truth, as God is to
/ be my Judge. never harmed that old
man nor woman or saw them after that
! evening. The man who killed the two
/ sits there; his name is Peter CarterP
During all my story Carter had
! shown symptoms of terror and desire
to rush from the court room. These
/ evidences had an effect upon those
| present, but my story was so unex-
! pected that none could believe it vet
Directly I stopped my lawyer
| bounced up.
May it please the court he said,
/ 1t is known that Mr.. BaZine had two
/ large, very prominent front teeth that
| they were filed with gold that was very
/ conspicuous 1t is also known that
/ old Mrs. Bazine, shortly after she came
/ here, fell and fractured her skull, that
I DR.. Morrow removed the splinters and
| over the cavity put a silver place. I
! have here some silent witnesses. The
/ good neighbOrs here, believing the old
/ able that Round Lake is bottOmless,
/ lid not search therein for the bodies.
had it done last night, here are two
| results" and opening valise he poured
out on the table a lot of bones, from
| these he picked two skulls, one with
great, projecting, gold-piugged front
! teeth, and the other with a small silver
plate on its top, held there by a slight
/ bit of scalp.
| mere was an uuehEIAly ven rom
| Carter, the first sound he had uttered
since began to speak, he threw him
| self upon the floor as the two terrible
! objects were thrust under his eyes.
Lord have mercy upon mel XIII me =
/ Hang mel were his cries
"The confession thus given was so
/ complete that I was at once released.
] Peter Carter was carried TO Jail in the
I rOns had worn from it. He died of